Mar 23, 2022

Ukraine’s Telecom Market, Explained

Due to the ongoing conflict, Ukrainian operators are suffering cyberattacks and physical network damage.

Below, we take a look at who those operators are and their relative positions in the country’s telecom market.

Mar 22, 2022

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Middle Mile?

Coevolve CTO Ciaran Roche is back on the pod. He's in the hot seat to discuss how middle-mile solutions are selected to solve real-world enterprise WAN issues.

Mar 21, 2022

Unpacking SD-WAN Prices

Unlike network services, SD-WAN is not a commodity, and pricing strategies are still in flux. But as the service matures, this is beginning to change.

Median price points have started to decline and the range in reported vendor prices has started to converge.

Let's unpack SD-WAN prices—starting with pricing models.

Mar 8, 2022

Data Centers and Digital Transformation

When it comes to the cloud and digital transformation of the enterprise, it's always useful to come back to the fact that physical geography matters to our digital world.

Mar 7, 2022

Sanctions Start to Hit Russia’s Tech Sector

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has spurred a raft of sanctions from Western governments.

These measures are aimed at limiting Russia’s international economic activity and foreign trade.

Mar 1, 2022

What to Know About Fiber’s Role in Ukraine’s Information War

With all eyes on Kyiv, videos like this one from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have made a monumental impact on the world’s ability to understand conditions on the ground.

Ukrainians are using their mobile phones to share the sights and sounds of Russia’s invasion, posting to platforms like Twitter, Telegram, and TikTok. These images may have already played a critical role in galvanizing public opinion in the EU, North America, and elsewhere.

How do tweets and videos from Ukraine reach the rest of the world?

Here are a few things to understand about the networks that have allowed Ukrainians to share their stories.

Feb 23, 2022

Scandinavian Skirmishes & Baltic Battlegrounds: Reviewing Regional Rivalries

Last year, we investigated how major Scandinavian telecom groups Telenor, Telia, and Tele2 have followed a similar international strategy over the past decade: divesting the bulk of their Eastern European and Asian operations to concentrate on business closer to home.

Today, we examine their ongoing activities within Scandinavia and the Baltic States and inspect how 5G and M&A continue to drive their respective strategies.

WAN
Feb 22, 2022

The WAN Managers Have Spoken (For Now)

We've crunched the numbers from our 2021 survey of WAN managers, and our new analysis is ready and waiting. What did we find?

WAN
Feb 15, 2022

Integrating Wireless into the WAN

One of the earliest and most persistent use cases for SD-WAN has been the ability to utilize alternative connectivity options like the internet and fixed wireless. Our WAN Manager Survey data shows that, since 2018, MPLS has been losing ground to other wireline alternatives like DIA and broadband.

Feb 10, 2022

Prices Are Falling in Colombia. Here’s What That Could Mean for Future Investment There

Anyone familiar with our Pricing Suite knows that São Paulo is Latin America’s de facto center for wholesale IP transit and transport, and reports the most competitive pricing in the region.

In other areas, we see that prices are falling as supply increases. Colombia is one example.